SUGAR LAND, TX-A Houston developer will break ground in the fall on the first residential condominium high-rise in Fort Bend County. The Sugar Land Town Square project, Austin Tower Lofts, will be a 12-story structure with 58 condos.

HOUSTON-The locally based restaurant operator is flexing its operating muscles, growing sales and losing debt.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-The Newport Beach, CA-based investment group meets the ask for the 150,638-sf, class A office building, which is 94% occupied and abutting another KBS property in the downtown.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ-The Newport Beach, CA-based investment group meets the ask for the 150,638-sf, class A office building, which is 94% occupied and abutting another KBS property in the downtown.

NEW YORK CITY-Addressing NAREIT 2005, Weingarten's CEO Drew Alexander says there is $50 million of under-construction projects and another $150 million of new development in the pipeline. Weingarten's goal is to build up to $200 million a year.

PHOENIX-Ewing Irrigation Products' patience pays off when Cook Inlet Region finally agrees to sell 4.7 acres for $1.8 million. The local manufacturer, which owns an abutting 4.2 acres, can now plan a 70,000-sf to 100,000-sf headquarters and production facility.

CHANDLER, AZ-CASY Country Day School drops $1.2 million for a 10,704-sf former Sunrise Preschool building. The educational institution, catering to pre-school and elementary-age children, plans to open its fourth location in January 2006.

HOUSTON-Earle M. Jorgensen Co., a distributor of metal bar and tubular products, signs a medium-term lease to launch a new division in the city. The decision fills a building and triggers a 23,000-sf project on land right next door.